Start August with Awesome Live Music in the NYC Area

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, photographed above at Forest Hills Stadium in 2024, will return to the venue tonight and tomorrow

The Manhattan Beat regularly lists the best live music events coming to the New York City area. The twice-weekly guide also celebrates via photographs some of the musicians who have performed locally in the past few days.

Everynight Charley recommends the following 40+ concerts in the New York City area this weekend. Consult the web site or social media of the venue for more information about a show, including location and directions, parking, ticket availability, show times, age restrictions, and COVID compliance.

Lord Huron headlined at Madison Square Garden on July 30 (photograph by Emma Wannie/MSG Entertainment)

The Head and the Heart at SummerStage Central Park on July 30

The Saw Doctors at SummerStage Central Park on July 26 (photograph by Charles David)

Ocean Alley at Brooklyn Paramount on July 26 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Friday, August 1

• Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Waylon Payne at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard w. the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Forest Hills Stadium
• Jacob Collier, Alita Moses at SummerStage Central Park
• Subtronics, Inzo, Tripp St., A Hundred Drums, Gunpoint at the Brooklyn Mirage
• The Turtles, Jay & the Americans, Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, the Vogues, the Cowsills at the St. George Theatre, Staten Island
• The California Honeydrops at the Rockaway Hotel
• Kokoroko at Brooklyn Steel
• Hiromi's Sonicwonder at Sony Hall
• Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band at Bryant Park
• Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices, Talibah Safiya, Morley at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park
• Sam Amidon at the Glade at Little Island
• Dwarves, Skarhead, Ache, Shred Flintstone, Burn Kit at Racket NYC
• Colatura, Dead Tooth, Very Special Episode at Night Club 101
• The Black Angels NYC, the Brunettes, Fandango NYC at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Bridget St. John at the Bitter End
• 37 Houses at Pete's Candy Store
• Anella at Broadway Plaza
• Miss Maybell Quartet at Terra Blues
• T Blues Band w. Bobby Bryan & Adjua Ajamu at Terra Blues
• Random Strangers Jam at Sugar Mouse

Drive-By Truckers at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 25

Deer Tick at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 25

Thelma and the Sleaze at the Rooftop at Pier 17 on July 25

Sierra Hull at 92NY on July 27 (photograph by Kevin Keane)

Saturday, August 2

• A Flock of Seagulls, Big Country, General Public, the Vapors, Belouis Some, the Icicle Works, China Crisis, Josie Cotton, Polecats, Belouis Some, Peter Godwin at the Rooftop at Pier 17
• Gogol Bordello, Puzzled Panther, Pons at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, U.S. Girls at Forest Hills Stadium
• Xdinary Heroes at Brooklyn Paramount
• Loud Luxury at Brooklyn Mirage
• Spike & the Gimme Gimmes, the Schizophonics, Kate Clover at Irving Plaza
• WesGhost, Ryan Oakes at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Aidan Canfield, David Pugh at the Bowery Ballroom
• Elijah Fox at Racket NYC
• Hiromi's Sonicwonder at Sony Hall
• Sex Week, Comet, Darla Dean Lewis at TV Eye
• Clifford, youbet, Foyer Red at Union Pool
• Warn the Duke, Choked Up, Original Sharks, Tropicana at Lucky 13 Saloon
• My Point of You at the Broadway
• The TarantinosNYC, Flying Faders, Band of Others at Otto's Shrunken Head
• Strange Majik at Arthur’s Tavern
• JT Bowen & the Mighty Kings of Soul at Arthur’s Tavern
• Joe Taino Group at Arthur’s Tavern
• Hazmat Modine at Terra Blues
• Doc/Bryan Band at Terra Blues

moe. at the South Bay Music Festival on July 26 (photograph by David Sussman)

Escaper at the South Bay Music Festival on July 26 (photograph by David Sussman)

Sailing Shoes at the South Bay Music Festival on July 26 (photograph by David Sussman)

Heather "Lil Mama" Hardy at the Bitter End on July 19 (photograph by Shelley Fromm)

Sunday, August 3

• Linkin Park, Puris at Prudential Center
• Sleepy Hallow & Sheff G at Terminal 5
• Elf Power, the Moles, Sunshine Convention, Kleenex Girl Wonder, Golden Apples, the Laughing Chimes, Ex Pilots, Good Flying Birds, Bullseye, the Rainclouds, Star Card, Kira Skye at the Meadows
• Ted Leo, aitis band at Union Pool
• Les Dudek at the Iridium
• Rebelmatic, Ricanstruction, Future Strangers, Labretta Suede & the Motel Six, Frida Kill, Carlos the Chords, Skitzopolis at Tompkins Square Park
• Crazy Eddie, Brass Knuckle Brigade, Enziguri, 4 in the Chamber, Goatamentise at the Bowery Electric
• Samoa Wilson (acoustic) at Terra Blues
• The Pioneers at Terra Blues
• The Irish Seisiún at the 11th St. Bar

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) at the Kings Theatre on July 26 

Keeran O'Meara at the Kings Theatre on July 26

Pompeii Floyd at the Emilin Theater on July 25 (photograph by Unsteady Freddie)

The Dexters at the Leif Bar on July 26

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The Manhattan Beat reports on New York City's live music circuit. All articles are written by Everynight Charley Crespo. All photographs are taken by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise.

For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right of the The Manhattan Beat home page and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music."

For a more complete listing of upcoming performances in the New York City area, visit The Manhattan Beat's August calendar.